Newsom recall campaign secures signatures needed to qualify for ballot, filing shows

Californians now have 30 business days to ask local elections officials to remove names from recall petition

Californians now have 30 business days to ask local elections officials to remove names from recall petition

TONI: EFFORTS TO RECALL GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ARE REACHING A CRITICAL PHASE THIS WEEK. COUNTY ELECTION OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL TALLY OF VOTER SIGNATURE KCRA 3 POLITICAL ANALYST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF RANDLE COMMUNICATIONS, KEVIN RIGGS, JOINS US FOR THE RIGGSREPORT WHAT’S THE LIKELY SCENARIO FOR WHEN THE ELECTION WILL BE HELD? KEVIN: THERE IS NO REAL SUSPENSE THIS MORNING ABOUT WHETHER THE RECALL ELECTION WILL GO FORWARD. AT THIS POINT, IT IS ALL ABOUT MATCHING THE CALENDAR. BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE GEARING UP FOR AN ELECTION THAT WILL GO MID FALL TO THE MID TO LATE NOVEMBER. REPUBLICAN ORGANIZERS HAVE GATHERED MORE THAN 2 MILLION POTENTIAL SIGNATURES. THE FINAL DEADLIN IS LATE NEXT WEEK. THE SECRETARY OF STATE THEN HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANNOUNCING THAT THE ELECTION WILL GO FORWARD ONCE THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE PREPARES A ESTIMATE ON WHAT THE ELECTION WILL COST AND AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD IN WHICH VOTERS CAN WITHDRAW THEIR NAMES FROM THOSE PETITIONS IF THEY CHOOSE. ALL OF THAT THEN OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TO SET AN ELECTIO DATE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. TONI HOW SERIOUSLY DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNORS TAKING THIS THREAT OF A RECALL? KEVIN: HE HAS TO, HIS CAMPAIGN IS RAISING MONEY TO GO TO WAR CHEST AND IS FRAMING THIS AS AN EFFORT BY PRO-TRUMP FORCES TO GAIN THE GOVERNORSHIP ALTHOUGH TRUMP HIMSELF HAS NOT WEIGHED IN AS OF YET. IN A BLUE STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA, NEWSOM OUGHT TO BE IN A STRONG POSITION TO SURVIV THIS, BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW WELL THE POSE PANDEMIC REOPENING AND RECOVERY GOES OF BOTH THE ECONOMY AND THE SCHOOLS, IF INFECTION RATES SPIKE AND RESTRICTIONS HAVE TO REIMPOSED, THAT WOULD STIR VOTER ANGER ONCE AGAIN. SECONDLY, IT DEPENDS ON WHETHER NEWSOM CAN AVOID ANOTHER BLUNDER LIKE THE ONE LAST FALL WHEN HE ATTENDED A DINNER WITH LOBBYISTS AT THE FRENCH LAUNDRY RESTAURANT AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE BEING URGED TO STAY HOME. IT WAS A POTENT EXAMPLE OF HIM COMMITTING AN UNFORCED ERROR AND HANDING HIS OPPONENTS AMMUNITION TO BE USED AGAINST HIM. TONI: WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT POTENTIAL COMPETITION? ARE ANY OF HIS FELLOW DEMOCRATS LIKELY TO ENTER THE RACE? KEVIN: THAT WOULD BE A BIG HEADACHE FOR HE AND HIS TEAM. SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE LA RECALL IN 2003 AGAINST RAY DAVIS, BAC THEN, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR MADE THE MOVE AND BECAME A CANDIDATE. HE SENT OF OWNERS A SPLIT AND CONFUSING MESSAGE SAYING H REFUSED THE RECALL, BUT VOTE FOR HIM JUST IN CASE. THAT KIND OF DIVIDED MESSAGE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HURT NEWSOM AT A TIME WHEN HE IS TOUTING SUPPORT. TONI THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR VIEW. KE

Newsom recall campaign secures signatures needed to qualify for ballot, filing shows

Californians now have 30 business days to ask local elections officials to remove names from recall petition

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has secured enough valid signatures to get the recall on the ballot, according to the latest filing with the California secretary of state's office. Overall, 1,626,042 valid signatures were collected across all 58 California counties, the secretary of state's office said on Monday. The recall needed 1,495,709 valid signatures that were turned in by March 17 to make the ballot — or 12% of the 12,464,235 votes cast in the previous gubernatorial election. Each county registrar then had until April 19 to verify if signatures are valid."This now triggers the next phase of the recall process, a 30-business-day period in which voters may submit written requests to county Registrars of Voters to remove their names from the recall petition," California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber said in a release. "A recall election will be held unless a sufficient number of signatures are withdrawn."There are still several more deadlines before it's official that the recall election is happening. Counties still have until April 29 to certify the results of their verification of signatures.Voters then have 30 days to withdraw their names from the petition if they so choose. Around mid-May county elections officials must report the total number of signatures withdrawn to the secretary of state. If the recall qualifies for the ballot, "the Department of Finance will estimate the costs of the recall election and submit this estimate to the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, governor, lieutenant governor, and the secretary of state" according to the secretary of state's office.On the recall ballot, if the majority of voters say yes on the question to recall, the governor would then be removed and replaced with the candidate that has the majority vote.A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found 40% of people in the state in support of the recall. Four prominent Republicans have already announced their bid in the possible recall election, the most recent being transgender activist, Olympian and reality star Caitlyn Jenner. Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulkner launched his campaign in early February, and Newsom's previous gubernatorial challenger, John Cox, is also throwing his hat in the ring. Former Republican congressman Doug Ose announced that he was entering the recall election, as well.California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson told The Associated Press to expect their endorsement in the fall. "If we can all get in agreement on a single candidate I think it works better for all of us," she told the AP. "I'm hopeful that we find that candidate that can unite us all and say: 'This is the best chance we have at winning.'"Gov. Newsom has dismissed the recall campaign as "partisan," and recently traveled across the state to promote vaccination campaigns and the state’s reopening efforts with political allies to shore up support.--Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has secured enough valid signatures to get the recall on the ballot, according to the latest filing with the California secretary of state's office.

Overall, 1,626,042 valid signatures were collected across all 58 California counties, the secretary of state's office said on Monday.

The recall needed 1,495,709 valid signatures that were turned in by March 17 to make the ballot — or 12% of the 12,464,235 votes cast in the previous gubernatorial election. Each county registrar then had until April 19 to verify if signatures are valid.

"This now triggers the next phase of the recall process, a 30-business-day period in which voters may submit written requests to county Registrars of Voters to remove their names from the recall petition," California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber said in a release. "A recall election will be held unless a sufficient number of signatures are withdrawn."

There are still several more deadlines before it's official that the recall election is happening.

Counties still have until April 29 to certify the results of their verification of signatures.

Voters then have 30 days to withdraw their names from the petition if they so choose. Around mid-May county elections officials must report the total number of signatures withdrawn to the secretary of state.

If the recall qualifies for the ballot, "the Department of Finance will estimate the costs of the recall election and submit this estimate to the chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, governor, lieutenant governor, and the secretary of state" according to the secretary of state's office.

On the recall ballot, if the majority of voters say yes on the question to recall, the governor would then be removed and replaced with the candidate that has the majority vote.

A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found 40% of people in the state in support of the recall.

Four prominent Republicans have already announced their bid in the possible recall election, the most recent being transgender activist, Olympian and reality star Caitlyn Jenner.

Former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulkner launched his campaign in early February, and Newsom's previous gubernatorial challenger, John Cox, is also throwing his hat in the ring. Former Republican congressman Doug Ose announced that he was entering the recall election, as well.

California Republican Party Chairwoman Jessica Millan Patterson told The Associated Press to expect their endorsement in the fall.

"If we can all get in agreement on a single candidate I think it works better for all of us," she told the AP. "I'm hopeful that we find that candidate that can unite us all and say: 'This is the best chance we have at winning.'"

Gov. Newsom has dismissed the recall campaign as "partisan," and recently traveled across the state to promote vaccination campaigns and the state’s reopening efforts with political allies to shore up support.

--Daniel Macht contributed to this story.

Newsom recall campaign secures signatures needed to qualify for ballot, filing shows

Californians now have 30 business days to ask local elections officials to remove names from recall petition

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